Wampum and the Origins of American Money Gary Vandenbos A beautifully illustrated pocket-sized book

A beautifully illustrated pocket-sized book to take with you on your forays into nature

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Wampum and the Origins of American Money Gary Vandenbos A beautifully illustrated pocket-sized bookWampum has become a synonym for money, and it is widely assumed that it served the same purposes as money among the Native Algonquians even after coming into contact with European colonists' money. But to equate wampum with money only matches one slippery term with another, as money itself was quite ill defined in North America for decades during its colonization. In this stimulating and intriguing book, Marc Shell illuminates the context in which